Colindale emerges as a new Zone 4 property hotspot for first-time buyers:former Met police academy in Hendon has been transformed into new homes

From £335,000: the £1 billion “community” project will take 12 years to complete with 2,900 new homes on offer and eventually more than 6,000 people will live there

Hendon’s Metropolitan Police training college has a new identity - Colindale Gardens, a new 2,900-home neighbourhood spanning 47 acres - where the first homes have been launched.

This £1 billion “community” project will take 12 years to complete and eventually more than 6,000 people will live there, part of a wider regeneration area that includes an upgrade to Colindale Underground station.

The latest new homes in London

The latest new homes in London

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St Clements

From £440,000: new homes at St Clements, formerly a Victorian workhouse infirmary, in Mile End – the site is being redeveloped into a walled estate of 252 private, shared-ownership and rental homes.

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Camberwell on the Green

From £446,000: 92 flats at the area’s biggest new homes development, Camberwell on the Green. Call 020 7368 4830.

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Wing

From £375,000: in Camberwell Road, Wing is another new launch of flats, with the offer of £1,000 towards legal fees. Call 020 7487 1710.

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Brickfield Court

From £232,000: for a one-bedroom flat at Brickfield Court, one of six new residential buildings in Slough. The flats qualify for the Government-backed low-deposit Help to Buy scheme. Call 01753 331 064.

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Bermondsey Works

From £507,500 : this stylish, contemporary block is made up of 148 flats and duplexes above a new free school and City of London sixth form academy. Call Telford Homes on 020 3538 3457 for more information.

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Lord Palmerston Court

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City North

From £450,000 : City North is is the largest regeneration scheme in Islington borough since Arsenal’s Emirates stadium project, bringing 308 new homes to the area. Call Telford Homes on 020 3538 6897 for more information.

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Taper Building

From £595,000 : located between London Bridge and Tower Bridge, this new scheme of apartments offer climate-control, underfloor heating and fast fibre cabling. Call KFH on 020 3486 2250 for more information.

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Leithfield Park

From £409,000 : Homes in semi-rural commuter locations are proving firm favourites with the capital's homebuyers, and could result in savings of up to £450,000. Leithfield Park was formerly Milford Hospital and is based in the Surrey Hills.

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Acton Gardens

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Camden Courtyards

From £200,000: a new development in the canalside regeneration that has brought bars, cafés and a Eurostar terminal that puts Paris less than two hours away. Call Barratt on 020 7428 4455 for more information.

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Cadogan Terrace

From £435,000: A new-build block of eight flats at 129 Cadogan Terrace has the advantage of backing onto Hertford Union Canal. The homes have up to three bedrooms and generous-size terraces and there is on-site parking too.

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Slough

From £230,000: Milestone is a development being built on land next to the old town hall in Slough, with 73 homes ranging from one-bedroom apartments to three-bedroom houses. Prices range from £230,000 to £500,000, and buyers get a £100 voucher towards the cost of a new bike at one of the town’s cycle shops. Call 01753 326 106 for more information.

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Horizons

From £995,000: six spectacular penthouse homes, spilt over three levels, in Docklands offer panoramic views from their terraces. Call Cushman & Wakefield on 020 3296 2222 for more information.

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Maida Vale

From £560,000: Renamed Westbourne Place, this former "nick" has been split into 25 flats with period features, and two new blocks have been built at the rear around a communal courtyard garden. Call Redrow on 020 3538 3791 for more information.

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Catford Green

From £338,000: Catford Green is a new scheme of 558 new homes overlooking the recently upgraded Ladywell Fields park and the Ravensbourne River. Only a five per cent deposit is required for a one-bedroom flat. Call 0844 5566166 for more information.

Recently designated a housing growth zone by Boris Johnson, this unspectacular suburb is ready for a change. Traditionally it has been a place for middle-class commuting families to travel to the City or West End.

Being on the Northern line, in Zone 4, Colindale is now billed as a location for young Londoners priced out of the centre to buy.

North London: Colindale Gardens is hoping to attract young londoners priced out of the city

Homes at the former police academy, Colindale Gardens, start at £335,000.

Disused office buildings are being converted, while newly-built apartment blocks and houses will overlook extensive green space, including parks and sports pitches for use by the on-site primary school. Call Redrow on 020 3538 7355.

Nearby Beaufort Park is another large new project, being built on the site of a former RAF aerodrome. Set in 25 acres, it has 2,800 homes plus spa, shops, bars, cafés and other onsite amenities.

The site is where Britain’s first loop-the-loop and parachute descent took place, but there is no architectural link with the aerodrome’s historic past — even a listed watchtower has been moved off to the local RAF Museum. Prices from £344,950. Call 020 8511 8600.